Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Gangs more than a Black Community Problem

Police say they're investigating the attack that ends with the victim
bleeding from the lip and running shoeless down a snowy street in the city's
Bridgeport neighborhood on Sunday afternoon, The Chicago Tribune reports.

The footage, which has appeared on YouTube, begins with the attack already
underway. For more than three minutes, the victim is punched in the face and
kicked repeatedly. At times he is hit in the head with a sneaker and dragged
across the ground.

Many of the gang's faces are concealed by hooded sweatshirts, but those that
are visible appear to be young white males. They utter the N-word repeatedly as
they taunt and strike the victim, who appears to be Asian.
After being cornered in an apparent dead end and holding up his hands, the
teen eventually escapes and dashes off with his open backpack flapping behind
him. The culprits chase him while the cameraman lags.
Police said the victim was treated for cuts, abrasions and bruises at Mercy
Hospital and released, according to The Chicago Sun-Times.